This Saturday, the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. will host the close of a boxing rivalry, as Mikey Alvarado and Brandon Rios meet for the third time. The pair has split the first two meetings, and the first two fights were both entertaining slugfests. Rios took the initial October 2012 meeting, getting a stoppage in the seventh round with the fight dead even on the judges cards. Roughly six months later they were doing it again, and this time it was Alvarado who got the win.
Both men are in need of a win for other reasons than pride. Both men are (1-2) in their last three fights. Both stepped up and fought that next level of competition (Rios fought Manny Pacquiao, Alvarado fought Juan Manuel Marquez). Rios did earn a win in his last outing, but it was a flat perfromance against Diego Gabriel Chaves. A loss for either man will really send the loser down to the pack at welterweight.
In this latest video blog, we review the odds for the coming fight. Take a look at what or blogger Miguel Iturrate has to say about the fight and for a review of the odds as they stand two days out. The fight is promoted through Top Rank and will air on HBO.
